[planckscnst]

That's so strange. I found GPT to be abysmal at following instructions to the point of unusability for any direction-heavy role. I have a common workflow that involves an orchestrator that pretty much does nothing but follow some simple directions [1]. GPT flat-out cannot do this most basic task.

[1]: https://github.com/Vibecodelicious/llm-conductor/blob/main/O...

[MadnessASAP]

Strange behaviour and LLMs are the iconic duo of the decade. They've definitley multiplied my productivity, since now instead of putting off writing boring code or getting stuck on details till I get frustrated and give up I just give it to an agent to figure out.

I don't thing my ability read, understand, and write code is going anywhere though.

Neat tool BTW, I'm in the market for something like that.

[planckscnst]

I've found this orchestrator+reviewer+judge setup to yield much better results than anything else I've tried. And it's such a simple setup - a few markdown files.

I'm also creating one that is similar, but purpose-built for making the plans that this setup can orchestrate. It still needs some tweaking to get agents to follow it better - it still takes additional prompting to nudge it down the proper path. But I've had similar benefits - sending plans through this adversarial review loop has yielded significant improvements in final output.

https://github.com/Vibecodelicious/llm-conductor/blob/main/p...

[MadnessASAP]

Unrelated but this just happened and I thought of you ;-)

  › commit this, **SKIP BEADS**


  • Ran git status -sb
    └ ## main...origin/main [ahead 4]
       M containers/frigate.nix
      ?? .beads/bd.sock.startlock

  • I see an untracked .beads/bd.sock.startlock file that might be normal but needs clarification. I also note the requirement to include a bead and confirm bead readiness
    before proceeding, so I'll ask whether to create the bead and if the untracked file should be included in the commit.

  ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  • I can’t skip beads for this repo. The AGENTS.md rules are explicit: no work (including commits) without an open bead. Please confirm you want me to create a bead for
    this commit.

I don't know what's wrong with your Codex, but mine can't bring itself to break the rules.